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<blockquote data-quote="bganon" data-source="post: 6743916" data-attributes="member: 60886">No, extra attack just means you get two &quot;attacks&quot; from a single &quot;attack action&quot;.&nbsp; So for a Monk after level 5, it's: Attack action (two attacks) and bonus action (one unarmed strike).As to &quot;why no two-handed weapon&quot;... first, the quarterstaff in 5e is versatile, not two-handed so at least monks get that.&nbsp; But my guess is that's it's strictly a balance thing - if glaives, for example, were monk weapons then at 1st level a monk could make a Dex reach attack for 1d10+Dex damage and follow up every round with the 1d4+Dex unarmed strike.&nbsp; That's substantially better than TWF and would blow every other martial class out of the water.At higher levels it becomes a non-issue, though, so house-rule away.&nbsp; I've considered making some &quot;style feats&quot; for Monks that grant monk weapon status to a specific weapon plus some neat tricks, but it hasn't come up yet.&nbsp; A feat would actually have to add some nice extra stuff to really be worth it past level 11 or so.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="bganon, post: 6743916, member: 60886"] No, extra attack just means you get two "attacks" from a single "attack action". So for a Monk after level 5, it's: Attack action (two attacks) and bonus action (one unarmed strike). As to "why no two-handed weapon"... first, the quarterstaff in 5e is versatile, not two-handed so at least monks get that. But my guess is that's it's strictly a balance thing - if glaives, for example, were monk weapons then at 1st level a monk could make a Dex reach attack for 1d10+Dex damage and follow up every round with the 1d4+Dex unarmed strike. That's substantially better than TWF and would blow every other martial class out of the water. At higher levels it becomes a non-issue, though, so house-rule away. I've considered making some "style feats" for Monks that grant monk weapon status to a specific weapon plus some neat tricks, but it hasn't come up yet. A feat would actually have to add some nice extra stuff to really be worth it past level 11 or so. [/QUOTE]

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